Fall Festival

Memere, Malcolm, Aliyah and I went to Longfellows for the Fall Festival. We had so much fun....you could buy tickets, then the kids would give the tickets and got to play games, paint pumpkins and get their faces painted. We also took a wagon ride around the field and saw lots of spooky stuff "hanging" around....They got to stick their faces in a big pumpkin...we had lots of fun!

Honeymoon

Since we are poor folk from Manchester Maine we went to Bar Harbor on our Honeymoon. I actually can't complain we had a great time. The view from our room (which are the scenic pics) was to die for. Because of the time of year everything was on sale...so of course Shawn shopped til he dropped. We stayed in a nice hotel and ate fancy food, so not like us. But I was glad to only be gone a few days, I missed Aliyah like crazy. I guess she was at school crying because she wanted her mommy. It broke my heart..... but we had a blast and it's nice to be married!

I am sergio tachini, and I am Victoria and we are married, married, married?

That title is for you Christina....it feels funny to think of myself as a married woman...but it's been great! We had such a wonderful day, it was supposed to downpour in the morning and it ended up being beautiful all day long...God was smiling down on us for sure! Everything went off without a hitch and everyone had a fabulous time ( I heard). It was funny because the night of our wedding I woke up in the middle of the night and Shawn wasn't there, I went out into the living room and he was out there sleeping on the couch. I shouted over to him, "one day married and your already sleeping on the couch". He said it was too hot in the bedroom, i had to laugh! Married Life!!!!!!!

Storyland/camping

We went to storyland and camping last weekend and had a really good time. Aliyah finally met Snow White and even though she had been telling me for a week that she wouldn't touch her, she actually did. She even just stood there staring at her while snow white waved to other people. She was amazed. Malcolm of course liked the kings chair in cinderella's castle. The four kids got along pretty well (the other two are Cody and Khianna). All in all it was a successful weekend!!!! Shawn and I loved the scenery in New Hampshire!

swimming, or not!

On the fourth of July everyone but Malcolm thought that the water was too cold. Shawn wouldn't jump in and Aliyah just hung onto the ladder. We were throwing pennies into the pool and Mal was swimming to the bottom to find them. Lucas looked at me and said, "God made a mistake, he should have made Malcolm an autistic fish". I thought, he's right!!!!

bouncing

I bought a mini trampoline from my birthday money and of course I think Aliyah thought that I bought it for her. She loved bouncing on it, but forgot to watch where she was bouncing and fell off a couple of times! She had a ball!

oooops i forgot

oooops i forgot the pictures on the last blog (even though this will show first, oh well) here is aliyah and joyce...the top one joyce took of me and aliyah (upon aliyah's request)...fun!

Mama Joyce

Well...mama Joyce finally came home and we got to spend the evening on the couch chatting about everything! We caught up in details of each other's lives and it was like she never left. I miss her terribly! She met Aliyah that night also, and of course Aliyah at first wouldn't talk to her. Joyce and I would laugh about something and Aliyah would say, "Shh, too loud!" She was funny...by the end of the night she really liked her though. Of course after she left the house she said bye from the window. It felt like old times with a new twist (Aliyah)! I miss her....... :(

New Things

Well two very exciting things happened this past weekend. Shawn and I mowed our very own personal lawn for the first time. I couldn't believe what a great feeling that was and it was so wonderful we took turns and both mowed!!!! :) I felt good mowing a lawn that I owned! The little things in life I suppose are the best...it was so nice.

The second thing was Aliyah took her very first shower (after I mowed and she played in the hose and consequently the mud from the driveway). This is a major deal because she hates to have water on her head. So we got in and she stood in front of me, having me block most of the water and as I was washing her hair she was saying through shivers, "This isn't so bad". I tried hard not to laugh at her because she was being so brave. So, as we were in there, we made up a song, "you don't have to be afraid of the water" (of course, the tune was corny, but catchy). And she kept singing it the whole time. But, then she kept substituting water for bathtub. She even sang it to Shawn as he helped her put on her jammies! Too funny! She is growing up too fast...if only she would use the potty...i guess one thing at a time :)

Easter Fun!

Aliyah had a good time collecting Easter eggs that were hidden around Memere's house! She had a good Easter--she got a new princess dress with all the accessories! She wore it all day, even wanted to sleep in it! :)

Cooking

Aliyah likes to cook and help mom with dinner...although she thinks that everything she is cooking is muffins!

Princess

Aliyah loves to dress up like a princes.. She will dance around the house with her arms out like she's floating, then she will do a princess bow...it's hysterical! She is a true princess!

snow!

So, Aliyah loves to play in the snow.....she loves to fall down, roll around, get back up and say, "There's my head" about the impression that she made. Spencer loves to come outside and play with us too, he always tries to chase her and she falls and thinks it's hilarious!